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September 27, 2023 63 mins

Are you ready for some next-level storytelling from French/West/Vaughan CEO Rick French? Buckle up!

How about the time TSA wouldn't let him through with the original cowbell from "Don't Fear the Reaper"?

Or when he had Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ready to play the lead in a movie he was producing, only to bail at the last minute? (But then something better with "The Rock" would come along years later)

Or why Rick and Melissa Etheridge will be shutting down Broadway in October?

We hear about all of that in this episode, plus Rick shares how French/West/Vaughan became the #1 PR firm in the world.


Rick French on ⁠LinkedIn⁠

Not Without Hope, by Nick Schuyler

Dwayne 'The Rock’ Johnson to produce documentary about USF football players lost at sea

Josh Duhamel Joins Joe Carnahan’s Survival Thriller ‘Not Without Hope'(EXCLUSIVE)

Raleigh-based production company behind new survival-at-sea thriller

French/West/Vaughan Chairman & CEO Rick French Recognized as Ambassador of Rock

Today's episode is hosted by Jason Gillikin and filmed at the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Earfluence⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast Studio in Downtown Raleigh.

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